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The Association for Catechumenal Ministry (ACM) grants the original purchaser (parish, local parochial institution, or individual) permission to reproduce this WORD Creed comes from the Latin word cre-do, which means I be-lieve. I believe are the first two words of the Creed , which is a short summary of the truths of the faith. The Creed is also a rule of faith. St. Paul tells the Romans that thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were commit-ted (Rom 6:17). This verse is evidence that, even very early in the Church, already a stan-dard or rule of teaching standard was used to determine whether the preach-ing and teaching being heard was an authentic expression of the deposit of faith that Je-sus had left in the hands of the apostles.

A creed serves the Church as a standard for belief. It helps her preserve the truth. The earliest creed we have is the Apostles’ Creed, which, according to Tra-dition, is attributed to the twelve apostles. The creed professed at Mass every Sunday is called the Nice-

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